Windows Powershell
Windows Powershell delivers a shell environment where you can use a bunch of different objects (WMI, COM, .NET framework) and their methods and properties from a command prompt. The shell provides strong output formatting and redirection. Finally you won’t have to switch to Perl anymore to make use of stuff like regular expressions.
As a test, I tried to query an Active Directory via ADODB and the Active Directory provider. Just instantiate your COM objects from the command prompt and move through your recordset.
Have a look at the Microsoft Scriptcenter website for the latest news on Powershell.
The Vista Powershell is available for download.
Posted: May 28th, 2007 under Microsoft, Scripting, Windows Server, Windows Vista, Windows XP.